JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Summary
As a Software Engineer or QA Engineer at Corporate Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA, you will work as part of a team developing products and features that are core to the NetApp Data Fabric strategy. In the Research and development function, you will deliver competitive market requirements and technology advances to customers, with a focus on product quality, product cost and time-to-market. Whether it s working on ONTAP , the world s most widely used Data Storage Operating System, AltaVault , our cloud-integrated storage product, or the integration of NetApp storage with open source cloud platforms such as OpenStack , you can be part of delivering the Data Center of the future where data moves seamlessly between flash, disk and the cloud.

Essential Functions:
- Modifying and maintaining existing systems
- Responsible for providing support in development and testing activities of other engineers
- Coding
- Designing
- Testing and/or Unit Testing
- Test automation
- Debugging
- Performance Analysis
- Participate in technical discussions within the team or other groups within the Business Unit associated with specified projects
- Willing to work on additional tasks and responsibilities that will contribute towards team, department, and company goals

Job Requirements
Requirements:
- Strong oral and written communication skills are essential
- Work collaboratively within a team environment of other engineers to meet aggressive goals and high quality standards
- Knowledge and experience in specific areas of engineering
- Proven aptitude for learning new technologies
- Proficient in technology and development
- Familiarity of basic concepts of computer architecture, data structures and standard programming practices
- Follow standard engineering principles and practice
- Creative and analytical approach to problem solving
Responsibility and Interaction:
- Responsibility:
- Responsible for a mix of structured and unstructured tasks
- Apply attained experiences and knowledge in solving routine to moderately complex problems
- May work with teams across the company in problem solving and design efforts
Interaction:
- Interact primarily with direct manager and the technical team on assigned projects. There may be communication with employees in other functions within the Business Unit as required
- General direction is provided on routine work and detailed direction is provided on new projects and assignments. There will be on-going reviews of activities and priorities
- Participate as an important contributor to team projects

Education and Experience
Education & Experience:
Must have graduated within the past 18 months or will graduate in May/June 2017 with a Bachelor's, Master's or Ph.D. degree.

NetApp is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. NetApp? makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.